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head of their herds, but I have yet to see the man who would 

 go and buy a sire or a bull that was too poor in flesh, even 

 though he himself had talked hour after hour telling the other 

 fellow not to buy a sire that was fat. Why does he do that? 

 Because, when he sees the two animals together, the one in good 

 flesh and the other not, he is displeased with the one and pleased 

 with the appearance of the other, and consequently he selects the 

 fatter beast, and that is exactly what you will find all human nat- 

 ure doing. If you take two cows and put them side by side, both of 

 them equally good from the standpoint of milk and butter fat rec- 

 ords, you will find that the man who is going to buy one of them 

 will always chose even at a higher price the animal which has 

 the appearance of beauty as well as utility. So therein undoubt- 

 edly lies the value of show yard records as well as any other. 



In conclusion and summing up, I am sure that invaluable 

 are records of all kinds in breeding and developing dairy cattle. 

 The breeder, who pays no attention to records, will have just 

 as hard a time to make the greatest success out of his breeding 

 operations as he would have in trying to sail across the Atlantic 

 ocean in a ship without a rudder. 



I thank you for your kind attention. 



